Effect of cardiovascular comorbidities on disease severity and quality of life in Patients with acute exacerbation of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

The study will include patients with bronchiectasis, and in an attempt to correlate the effect and burden of cardiovascular comorbidities in those patients, we will study the quality of life in those patients in comparison to the control group ( patients with bronchiectasis and without any other comorbidities) using SF-36 quality of life questionnaire. We will also study the inflammatory markers in both groups using D-dimer, BNP, and CRP and correlate them with the frequency of hospital admission, the severity of symptoms, and the general health state.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any Patients with Bronchiectasis had no comorbidities other than cardiovascular comorbidities during the study period.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any Patients who refuse to participate in the study.
• Any other comorbidity or end-organ failure may affect the study's result.

all patients at the study period attending the chest department at Assuit university